Teenager Teenager by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, which was installed at Belmond’s Villa San Michele in Tuscany as part of the latest Mitico art projectThose visiting Castello di Casole, the Belmond hotel situated in an 18th-century castle in deepest Tuscany, would be forgiven for some confusion on approach.
Many visitors come to Florence and the area around it to see the abundant riches of Renaissance art. This fact alone means a contemporary work like this is powerful. ‘We see the contrast between ancient and contemporary as a tool with which to connect art to people,’ says Fiaschi, ‘as with bringing contemporary art into a hotel space. The audience expands and more people can experience art in some of the most amazing places in the world.
Even with this context, there’s sometimes a raised eyebrow when guests arrive at Belmond’s hotels. ‘The reactions have been all positive, but mixed,’ says Fiaschi. ‘Some people are surprised to find contemporary art in hotels which have such a historical background and cultural meaning… some artworks fit so well that people request for them to never be taken away and become a permanent feature of the hotel.
This is all in the spirit of Mitico. ‘It came about from a desire to bring artists who for us are “mythical”, in the sense that they are legendary, to places of equal beauty, mythology and standing,’ explains Fiaschi, ‘ultimately allowing people to discover, thanks to art, places that they could have only dreamed of.’ While this idea is now spreading to locations across the world, Tuscany is where it all began, the place where these dreams hail from.
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